Fitness tracking gadgets are everywhere. Even the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone have a built-in fitness tracker, in iPhone apps like Map My Fitness and DailyBurn; in a device on your wrist if you own a Nike+ Sportswatch, Jawbone Up and the Nike FuelBand, Fitbit Flex or a Pebble smart watch.
The quantified self-concept sounds a lot more intense than it really is. The idea is simply that using wearable tech to collect detailed data about everything you do, eat and feel will reveal patterns and correlations that can help you improve your life. Quantifying yourself is not the same as improving yourself.
So will this fitness tracking gadgets change your life? No, it's your will and character that can change your life. But maybe this devices makes us more conscious, just because we're paying attention.
Do you think that the mobile devices and indirectly the telecom operators are getting to much data from you, or that the Fitness Tracker's just fix your new look for the beach 2013?